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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPublic Correspondence From: Ctt3@optonline.net RECEIVED Sent: Thursday, December 8, 2022 3:51 PM F--'-'-'-'To: Palmeri, Allison DI C, 0 8 2022 Subject: Bob's Banter L Soutnoid -i oven Planning Board A new facility, being touted as green energy, and planned for Oregon Road in Cutchogue makes little sense. First,the general rule of thumb, is one mega watt can supply about thousand homes with electricity.The energy storage facility proposed is sixty maga watts providing far more energy then needed on the North Fork.Two, again the general rule of thumb,for one of these facilities is about fours hours of energy provided back to the grid. Those speaking for the company proposing this facility during the planning Board meeting, alluded to it meeting the NYS Climate Act a law which requires the state to have zero emissions by 2040 and 70% renewable energy regeneration by 2030.While this is a worthy goal, making it a law doesn't mean it will happen. Presently, renewable energy is unreliable. On a daily basis it is about 25%of the grid with Hydro being about 80%of that 25%. Hydro is probably the cleanest form of energy production and most of that comes from Niagara Falls. As for the facility being green that is a dubious statement.Yes, when placed on line to put stored energy back to the grid it does meet zero emissions. However,the mining of the minerals needed for the batteries requires equipment that emits carbon in abundance. Reminds me of stealing from Peter,to pay Paul. These same speakers stated the energy stored will come from a wind source off Montauk but never stated how. In reality the company, a private concern,will store any energy, made by any means, by taking it off the grid at a lower price and than get paid by the public utility for ten minutes ready time prior too sending what they have stored into the grid and getting paid at peak rates. Battery Energy Storage Facilities or BESS for short use highly dangerous lithium ion and lithium ion phosphate minerals to store the energy.There have been issues of over heating creating fires that burn for days and have not been extinguished with water. Even if they are modified so water can be used, how much water and where on Oregon Road will you retrieve this water from? As the Climate Act is rolled out we can see there is a lot of money to be made. I wonder how much will line the pockets of the politicians?We live surrounded by sea water, so I should not have to tell you mixing metal (wind turbines) and seawater can be expensive to maintain. If they are to be used it would seem logical that these facilities should be located in areas where the use of solar fields or wind fields can directly feed the facility. I do not see that as feasible for the North Fork. Steven Kiley, spoke eloquently and gave the planning board a real tool to reject this site plan.You should use it. Bob Bittner 2545 Haywaters Road Cutchogue 631-680-6244 i Noncarrow, Denis From: Jeff Campbell <jcampbe2@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, December 2, 2022 2:27 PM To: Noncarrow, Denis Subject: [SPAM] - Oregon Road Battery Storage Facility Dear Denis, I am writing you in opposition of the battery storage facility proposed on Oregon Road. I am a homeowner at 990 Duck Pond Road, adjacent to the proposed facility. Not only is the proposed facility inconsistent with the agricultural framework of the area, but it also has dangerous potential for a small town like Cutchgoue. Please consider the significant opposition from the community when evaluating this proposal. Thank you, Jeff Campbell 609-706-2774 ATTENTION: This email came from an external source. Do not open attachments or click on links from unknown senders or unexpected emails. RECEIV '- SOUthold CUTCHOGUE FIRE DISTRICT 260 New Suffolk Road Cutchogue NY 1193�.5 1� � 5 Telephone (631) 734-6907 Fax (631) 734-7079 E-mail: cutfd@optonline.net Over 90 Years of www.cutchoguefiredept.org Service h I u Town of Southold Planning Department 53095 Route 25 Southold, NY 11935 • DEAR CHAIRPERSON, The Cutchogue Fire District is aware of an application by Key Capture Energy to build an approximately 60-megawatt lithium-ion battery energy storage system facility on a 27-acre parcel along Oregon Road in Cutchogue. Even though the proposed project is located in the Cutchogue Fire District, Neither the District or Department has received any correspondence from the developer or the town regarding this proposed facility. Large scale battery fires are unfortunately becoming more common with the increased move towards green energy. This type of fire even in an electric vehicle are extremely hard to extinguish. Just last week a fire in a Tesla on Route 80 in Pennsylvania required the local fire Department to use 12,000 gallons of water to make the car safe enough to move. In addition a major interstate highway was closed for several hours. A typical car fire can be extinguished with about 500 gallons of water. Our pumpers carry between 500 and 1000 gallons of water. Can you imagine the amount of water that would be required to extinguish a fire in the proposed facility?' In addition to the untold hours of manpower and equipment to safely fight such a fire there will be mandatory evacuations and potentially thousands •' and thousands of gallons of potentially contaminated runoff directly onto our local aquifer(which local governments have spent millions of tax payer dollars to protect). We have several concerns we feel need to be addressed before this project should be allowed to proceed.. What type of fire suppression will the plant contain? What will the fire department access be if we are called to the site? Will the Fire Department(s) be allowed on site for possible training drills? Will the developer provide reliable adequate water sources on the site and not rely on existing water mains and fire wells currently in place? Will the FireDistrict/Department have any input on safety features? Will the developer offer any training on extinguishing this type of fire to local fire departments? In the event of an incident you can be,sure all of Southold Town fire departments will be involved in some way. As well as Departments from outside the Township. In the event of a serious incident will there be any kind of on-site containment for possible contaminated water run-off? Who will be responsible for clean-up in the event contaminated water pollutes local ground water supplies? Will the plant have staffing 2417 365? If not what would be the wait time for someone familiar with the facility to respond in event of an emergency? What will their level of training be? If special turnout gear is required to fight a fire in such a facility will it be provided to local fire departments and replaced according to NFP and NISOH standards? If special fire apparatus is required will the developer provide it? P,oardire Commissioners Office of the Chief s Cutchogue Fire District Cutchogue Fire Department 2 Oregon Road (from North Fork, a collection celebrating where we live) Said to be one of the most beautiful roads on this long island how did it get its name so near the easternmost end of these loosely united states? See those thickets from which deer emerge at the two twilight times A ""`m x"21 of the day—dusk and what the French call Lith l "ro I" Clerk crepuscule du jour? _..._. _ .. __ ._ .. __... .. Those thickets were once run of the land overgrown with vines infested with rattlesnakes now remnants of another time like colorful rocks on the beach with volcanic tales to tell. In 1832, the unorganized Oregon Territory spanned what would become the states of Idaho, Oregon, Washington, parts of Montana and Wyoming west of the continental divide, and north to British Columbia, its trails worn into the land by the movements of fur traders passable only by foot or on horseback. Later came the wagons full of migrants weathering vicissitudes of enormous proportions, pestilence, wild animals death in unimaginable ways— traveling companion in pursuit of the American adventure. © Copyright 2022, by Raphael Badagliacca from "North Fork" a collection celebrating the North Fork raphael@thewritingfactory.net L So, in 1835, when Orin Wiggins confided to reverend Huntting of the Presbyterian church that he and his wife had built the only home in what was called by others the "northeastern wilds of Mattituck" not far from where I am walking now, the pastor responded with words that stuck. "You live in Oregon." © Copyright 2022, by Raphael Badagliacca from"North Fork" a collection celebrating the North Fork raphael@thewritingfactory.net This news is heartbreaking. Let's do everything we can to keep it from becoming real. can't help but think of lines we know so well: Don't it always seem to go Thatyou don't know whatyou'vegot Till it's gone They paved paradise And put up a parking lot One of my greatest pleasures is to walk down Oregon Road„ which I do for several miles every morning 'before sunrise. I do it in the full appreciation of the beauty all around me. The walk and the beauty stay with me all day. It makes me proud of where I live. At that early hour when the sky slowly turns from black to blue, my only encounters are with the deer, always curious, the many birds overhead, the cows grazing in the open field. Oregon Road is pure poetry. It must stay that way. Stillness Before the before of first light when shoes on soft earth makeno sound the black crow on the wire does not declare the new day not yet. I can't imagine the changing colors of the morning interrupted by lights on poles 55 feet high ablaze 24 hours a day. I can't imagine the stillness of the day interrupted by the hum of electricity and industrial activity. 1- Lithium battery storage is a temporary solution to a forever problem. Our forever problem. 2- Lithium is not bio-degradable. 3- No one knows how to put out a lithium fire. 4- Toxicity is forever. 5- Wildlife is perishable. 6- The economics are against us. How many reasons do we need not to let something happen? This news is heartbreaking. DEC, 1 202? Let's do everything we can to keep it from becoming real. Southold Town Clerk .._ I can't help but think of lines we know so well: Don't it always seem to go Thatyou don't know whatyou'vegot Till it's gone They paved paradise And put up a parking lot One of my greatest pleasures is to walk down Oregon Road, which I do for several miles every morning before sunrise. I do it in the full appreciation of the beauty all around me. The walk and the beauty stay with me all day. It makes me proud of where I live. At that early hour when the sky slowly turns from black to blue, my only encounters are with the deer, always curious, the many birds overhead, the cows grazing in the open field. Oregon Road is pure poetry. It must stay that way. Stillness Before the before of first light when shoes on soft earth make no sound the black crow on the wire does not declare the new day not yet. ,, I I can't imagine the changing colors of the morning interrupted by lights on poles 55 feet high ablaze 24 hours a day. I can't imagine the stillness of the day interrupted by the hum of electricity and industrial activity. 1- Lithium battery storage is a temporary solution to a forever problem. Our forever problem. 2- Lithium is not bio-degradable. 3- No one knows how to put out a lithium fire. 4- Toxicity is forever. 5- Wildlife is perishable. -6- The economics are against us. How many reasons do we need not to let something happen? Noncarrow, Denis From: Gary M Long <garymlongartist@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, December 2, 2022 7:06 PM To: Noncarrow, Denis Subject: Battery Storage Facility on Oregon Rd Dear Mr. Denis Noncarrow, I am a property owner less than one block from the proposed site of this Battery Storage Facility. I would greatly appreciate for you to forward my grave concern that such a facility close to my home would bring me and my family serious health problems . I would also like to add that if such a facility were to be placed so close to our home I would immediately seek private counsel to start a case on why I am particularly susceptible to the specific health related concerns that this technology would have on me and my family. Thank you for your kind help in this matter. Gary M. Long, Woodbine Manor Property Owners Association Board of Director Officer. ATTENTION: This email came from an external source. Do not open attachments or click on links from unknown senders or unexpected emails. E I VM­1, M Southold n Clerk Noncarrow, Denis From: Gary Kalish <gkalish@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, December 2, 2022 5:19 PM To: Noncarrow, Denis Subject: Battery Storage Facility Opposition Dear Mr. Noncarrow, I hope this email finds you well.. I am writing as a concerned resident regarding the proposed battery storage facility to be located off Oregon Road. I am strongly opposed to the construction of such a facility. It is my concern that this type of facility is not in the interest of our beautiful rural community and would have a negative impact on our whole community. Please share my sentiments with the members of the Southold Town Board. Sincerely, Gary Kalish 1140 Duck Pond Road ATTENTION: This email came from an external source. Do not open attachments or click on links from unknown senders or unexpected emails. � u � b EC 1) .. .W OIAII W 'T